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Bessie Learn
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Occupation
Actor
Years active
1911-1919 (film)
Name
Bessie Learn
Role
Actress
Born
August 30, 1888 (
1888-08-30
)
San Diego, California, USA
Died
February 20, 1987, Burbank, California, United States
Movies
The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies, The Totville Eye, The Lone Game, The Girl of the Gypsy Camp
Spouse
Art Robbins (m. 1947–1961), J. Roy Prosser (m. 1913–1935)
Parents
Lizzie Learn, Eugene Learn
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Bessie Learn (30 August 1888 – 5 February 1987) was an American actress who appeared in 86 films between 1911 and 1919
Elizabeth “Bessie” Learn was born in San Diego the middle of three daughters raised by Eugene and Lizzie Learn. Her father was a native of New York who served in the U.S. Army before marrying Lizzie MacBride on October 11, 1883, in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Eugene Learn was a house painter by trade and by the time of the birth of his first daughter he and Lizzie were living in California. Soon after Bessie's birth her family relocated to Chicago where her father found work as a printer. A few years later Bessie's mother died in Chicago leaving her father to care for three young daughters.
Bessie Learn’s first known stage appearance came at age eight with Amelia Bingham, in Hearts are Trumps; playing a baby in a stroller. She later played in The Little Princess, with Millie James, Lover's Lane on Broadway, with Mary Ryan and had a two-year run with Edwin Arden in Home Folks. She next appeared with Harry Brodribb Irving in Paola and Francesca and Midsummer Night's Dream and in vaudeville with Robert Hilliard and William Harcourt as the boy, in Polly of the Circus.
She became the ingenue of the Edison Company at the age of 22, and in her short time before the camera made an enviable record for vivacious and appealing comedy. Little Miss Learn was featured in some of the best comedies Edison released, and was considered a serious player with marked ability. Her death was recorded on February 5, 1987, in Los Angeles under the name Betty Robbins, aged 98.
Filmography
Actress
1919
The Lost Battalion as
The Burglar's Girl Next Door
1915
The Girl of the Gypsy Camp (Short) as
Joy Romano
1915
The Hand of the Law (Short) as
Betty Hazelton
1915
The Lone Game (Short) as
Grace Proctor
1915
Roses of Memory (Short) as
Bessie Townsend
1915
The Ploughshare as
Jenny Strong
1915
When Conscience Sleeps (Short) as
Mrs. Robert Selwyn
1915
The Call of the City (Short) as
Bessie Graham
1915
Across the Great Divide (Short) as
Mary - the Operator's Sweetheart
1915
A Sprig of Shamrock (Short) as
Eileen Ryan Murray
1915
The Bedouin's Sacrifice (Short)
1915
Through Turbulent Waters as
Jane Dinsmore
1915
McQuade of the Traffic Squad (Short) as
Nora Leary
1915
According to Their Lights (Short) as
Meg - a Mountain Girl
1915
Sally Castleton, Southerner (Short) as
Genie - Sally's Sister
1915
An Innocent Thief (Short) as
Peggy
1915
Her Proper Place (Short) as
May Reynolds
1915
Poisoned by Jealousy (Short) as
Dolce
1915
A Woman's Revenge (Short) as
Bessie Aumes
1915
An Unpaid Ransom (Short) as
Helen
1915
In the Shadow of Death (Short) as
Lizette
1915
The Family Bible (Short) as
Alice Gerson - Henry's Daughter
1915
That Heavenly Cook (Short) as
Gladys Rich - the Wife
1915
The Experiment (Short) as
Grace Foster
1915
Their Happy Little Home (Short) as
Mrs. Sidney Worth
1915
In the Plumber's Grip (Short) as
Gertie Flynn
1915
Olive's Greatest Opportunity (Short)
1915
To Make the Nation Prosper (Short)
1914
The Vanishing of Olive (Short) as
Yit Sing - the Chinese Man's Daughter
1914
The Temple of Moloch (Short) as
Eloise
1914
A Question of Identity (Short) as
Clarice
1914
The Pines of Lorey as
The French Princess
1914
Shorty (Short) as
Ethel Arnold
1914
Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady (Short) as
Nellie Bailey
1914
The Ever-Gallant Marquis (Short) as
Alice
1914
The Mystery of the Fadeless Tints (Short)
1914
The Hand of Horror (Short) as
Margaret Clark - the Daughter
1914
The Adventure of the Counterfeit Money (Short) as
The Shopper
1914
Her Grandmother's Wedding Dress (Short) as
June Talbot
1914
The Unopened Letter (Short) as
Kate Dwyer
1914
The Resurrection of Caleb Worth (Short) as
Winifred Worth - Caleb's Daughter
1914
With the Eyes of Love (Short)
1914
His Grandchild (Short) as
Marjorie Allison
1914
The Story of the Willow Pattern (Short) as
Li Chi
1914
The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies as
Muriel Armstrong [Ch. 5]
1913
The Upward Way (Short)
1913
The Actress (Short) as
Enid Moore
1913
The Girl in the House-Boat (Short) as
Mary Franklin
1913
A Cause for Thankfulness (Short)
1913
The Phantom Signal (Short) as
The Railroad President's Daughter
1913
The Doctor's Duty (Short) as
The Nurse
1913
Twice Rescued (Short) as
Betty Gray
1913
A Short Life and a Merry One (Short)
1913
Why Girls Leave Home (Short) as
The Minister's Daughter
1913
The Island of Perversity (Short) as
Stella Dale
1913
Slander's Tongue (Short) as
Sue Grant
1913
A Mutual Understanding (Short) as
Miss Langdon - John's Sweetheart - Henry's Sister
1913
The Substitute Stenographer (Short) as
The Stenographer
1913
The Meadow Lark (Short) as
Mamie Meers
1913
On the Broad Stairway (Short) as
Alice Osborn - the Prospective Bride
1913
In the Old Dutch Times (Short) as
Hans - The Tender of Geese
1913
Scenes of Other Days (Short) as
Their Daughter
1913
Circumstances Make Heroes (Short) as
Mary Wilkins
1913
John Manley's Awakening (Short) as
Ethel - Manley's Protegé
1913
An Accidental Alibi (Short) as
Jessie Barnes
1913
Aunty and the Girls (Short) as
3rd Niece (unconfirmed)
1913
His Undesirable Relatives (Short) as
Mrs. Witherspoon
1913
Old Jim (Short) as
Amy Pearson - the Daughter
1913
Bread on the Waters (Short) as
Mary Wilson - the Daughter
1913
Superstitious Joe (Short) as
Joe's Sweetheart
1913
Confidence (Short) as
The President of the Bank's Daughter
1913
Barry's Breaking In (Short) as
Bennett's Daughter
1913
Over the Back Fence (Short) as
Nell - Matilda's Niece
1913
The Dancer (Short) as
Lyn
1913
The Maid of Honor (Short) as
Grace Pendleton
1913
An Unsullied Shield (Short)
1913
How They Got the Vote (Short) as
The Suffragette's Daughter
1912
His Mother's Hope (Short) as
The Cashier / Jack's Wife
1912
The Winking Parson (Short) as
The Parson's Maid
1912
The Totville Eye (Short) as
Flossie
1912
A Queen for a Day (Short) as
The Missionary's Daughter
1912
Romance of the Rails (Short) as
Alice - the Squatter's Niece
1912
For Professional Services (Short) as
The Maid
1912
The Girl from the Country (Short) as
Nellie - The Girl from the Country
1912
Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms (Short) as
Mary West - the Model
1912
A Dangerous Lesson (Short)
1912
When She Was About Sixteen (Short) as
Sue
1912
Revenge Is Sweet (Short) as
One of the Office Girls
1912
Madame de Mode (Short) as
Madge Everett
1912
The Father (Short) as
Henry's Daughter
1912
Apple Pies (Short) as
3rd Pie Maker
1912
Kitty's Holdup (Short) as
Flo - Kitty's 2nd Sister
1912
The Angel and the Stranded Troupe (Short) as
The Ingenue
1912
Martin Chuzzlewit (Short) as
Mary - The Ward
1912
Very Much Engaged (Short) as
Reuben's Choice
1912
Every Rose Has Its Stem (Short) as
The Flower Girl
1912
Charlie's Reform (Short) as
Charlie's Sweetheart
1912
The Mine on the Yukon (Short) as
Dorothy Black
1912
A Funeral That Flashed in the Pan (Short) as
Hogboom's Sweetheart
1912
Curing the Office Boy (Short) as
A Stenographer
1912
Von Weber's Last Waltz (Short) as
The Girl
1912
For the Cause of the South (Short) as
Aunt Helen's Niece
1912
The Little Organist (Short) as
Helen - the Little Organist
1912
Lead, Kindly Light (Short) as
Nellie Gray
1911
Santa Claus and the Clubman (Short) as
The Clubman's Fiancée
Writer
1914
Her Grandmother's Wedding Dress (Short) (scenario)
